Applicator Lab

Makeup Tools Explained by What They Do

Instead of memorizing brush names, learn how size, shape, and density affect control, placement, and blending.

Four dimensions to compare

Compare more concentrated and more diffused handling tendencies.

Compare directional edges, smaller points, and broader diffusion.

Compare a smaller working area with a broader one.

Compare pressing, buffing, depositing, and diffusion.

Conceptual visual: A conceptual continuum from localized deposit to broad diffusion.